The West African Examination Council, WAEC , released the 2018 ranking of all the 36 States plus the Federal capital, Abuja in Nigeria and rather unsurprisingly, Abia state retained top spot.
In recent times, the first position has always revolved around the South Eastern states of Abia, Anambra and Imo state, with Rivers getting close too.
Meanwhile, some states have risen above the position they were during the last ranking with Cross River State leaping from 28th to 20th and while Zamfara State was grounded in the last position.
Below is the latest WAEC ranking of the 36 states is as follow:
Abia – 1st
Anambra – 2nd
Edo – 3rd
Rivers – 4th
Imo – 5th
Lagos – 6th
Bayelsa – 7th
Delta – 8th
Enugu – 9th
Ebonyi – 10th
Ekiti – 11th
Kaduna – 12th
Ondo – 13th
Abuja – 14th
Kogi – 15th
Benue – 16th
Akwa Ibom – 17th
Kwara – 18th
Ogun – 19th
Cross River – 20th
Taraba – 21st
Plateau – 22nd
Nassarawa -23rd
Kano – 24th
Borno – 25th
Oyo – 26th
Niger – 27th
Adamawa -28th
Osun -29th
Sokoto – 30th
Bauchi – 31st
Kebbi – 32nd
Katsina – 33rd)
Gombe – 34th
Jigawa 35th
Zamfara – 36th
Yobe – 37th
Congratulations to Abia State.
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